A) Programs

i) check.txt
	-- tests for serial correlation, ARCH, and normality
	-- does for AZ/NV, for other state pair, search and replace state names
ii) est_c_sim.txt, est_g_sim.txt, est_gu_sim.txt, est_m_sim.txt
	-- simulates values from bivariate distribution
iii) est_c.txt, est_g.txt, est_gu.txt, est_m.txt
	-- forms estimator for bivariate distribution
iv) est_c_b.txt, est_g_b.txt, est_gu_b.txt, est_m_b.txt
	-- calculates standard errors by bootstrap
v) est_c_v.txt, est_g_v.txt, est_gu_v.txt, est_m_v.txt
	-- forms estimator for quasi-var structures
vi) graph.txt
	-- generate figure

	
B) Software
-- Windows XP
-- Stata 10.0
-- Some calculations, like BIC and Vuong test, done by hand calculator or copied/pasted into Excel to calculate



If any complications/questions, please contact

david.zimmer[at sign]wku[dot]edu
270-745-2880